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F SAME PLAGE.

SUGAR-CANE CUTTER.

`SPEC]I`.|]IC.A.TIO1\T forming part of` Letters Patent No. 224,733,` dated February 1'7, 1880.

` Application filed June 11, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PHILIP SEITZ, of Baton l Rouge, inthe parish of East Baton Rouge and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and 5 useful Improvement in Sugar-Cane Gutters, of

which the following is a specification. l

Figurel is a top View of my improved ma chine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, taken through the broken line m m, Fig. 1o 1. Figis a detail section ofthe same, showing the gearing enlarged. Fig. 4 is a detail top View of the rotary hoe. cross-section` of the saine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre-` spending parts.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of the machine for whichLetters Patent `No. 196,598 were granted to me OctoberO, 1877, so as to inake it more oonzo venient in use and more effectivein operation. lThe invention consists in the combination of the curved bars, the curved bar audits standards, and the side bars with the wheels and axle and the reach; in the combination of the large bevel-gear wheel, the two small bevelgear wheels, and the guard-bars with the inwardly-extended hub of the wheel, the axle, the reach, and the shaft that carries the outter in the combination of the connecting-bar,

3o the lever, the standard, and the curved and slotted arm, providedwith the bolt and handnut, with the sliding ,rotating shaft that carries the cutter, and with the reach.

A represents theforward wheels, which re- 3 5 volve upon the journals of the axle B. Gis the reach, which is rigidly attached, near its forward end, to the middle part ofthe axle B. To the opposite side of the forward end of the reach C are attached the ends of the two bars D,

4owhich are curved outward and forward, as

shown inFig. l, to serve as guides to collect the cane and bring it to the middle part of the machine. To one of the bars D, at a little distance from its inner end, is attached the lower end of a standard, E, to the, upper end `of which is attached the inner end of a bar, F. The bar F is curved outward and forward, and its outer end is attached to the upper end of a standard, Gr, the lower end of which is at- 5o tached to the forward end ot' the other bar, D.

Fig. 5 is a detail lThe two standards E G and the curved bar F may be made in'one piece, if desired.

` The forward ends of the curved bars D are attached to the forward ends of the bars H, which pass back along the outer sides of the wheels A, are attached to the ends of the axle B, and at the rear of the said wheels A are bent inward, and their rear ends are bent rearward and are attached to the sides of the reach C.

Each set of bars D H may be made. in one piece, if desired.

To the forward ends of the bars D H are attached the single-trees I, to which the horses are attached.

To the upper and lower sides of the rear end of the reach G are attached the forward ends of the two plates J, which receive the axleK between their rear ends, and are pivoted to the said axle by a bolt, lc.

Upon the journals of the rear axle, K, revolve the rear wheels, L, and to the said axle K, at the inner ends of the hubs of the wheels L, are attached the ends of a bar, M, `which is curved in the arc of a circle, worksin a notch in the reach C, and has a hole in its center to receive a pin, N, passing through ahole in the reach C, to lock the rear wheels, L, in line with the forward wheels, A, when desired.

To the axle K is attached the forked forward end of the bar 0, the rear end of which is provided with a crossbar handle, o', and which is designed for use for guiding the machine when the pin N has been withdrawn.

The inner part ofthe hub of one ofthe wheels A is made long, so as to extendnearly to the center of the axle B, and upon its inner end is formed, or to it is attached, a large bevel-gear wheel, P. Into the teeth of the gear-wheel P mesh the teeth of two small gear-wheels, Q, placed upon the shaft B, which passes through and works in a hole through the axle B and reach G. The gear-wheels Qyare kept in proper position above and below the axle B by the guard -bars S, through the inwardly bent forked outer ends of which the shaft R passes, and the inner ends of which are attached to the said axle B. Oneof the gear-wheels Q, runs loose upon the shaft B, and the other is connected with it by a tongue and groove, so

that the said gear-wheel may carry the said shaft with it in its revolution, While allowing' the said shaft to have a free longitudinal movement.

To the lower end of the shaft R is attached the cutter T, for cutting cane and stubble, and which may be made circular, straight,orcurved, as may be desired.

The upper end ofthe shaftR is swiveled to the lower end of a connecting-bar, U, or to astiry rup attached to the said end. The upper end ot' the bar U is pivoted to the end of a lever, V, which is pivoted to th c upper end of the stainlard W. The lower end of the standard W is attached to the reach C, and to its side is attached the lower end of the curved arm X, which projects upward at thcsideot' the lever V, and its upper part is slotted longitudinally to receive the bolt w', attached to the lever V, and provided with a hand-nut, x2, for locking the said lever in place when adjusted. The rear part of the lever V is bent and extends back to the side ot' the drivers seat Y, so that it can be readily reached and operated to raise and lower the cutter T, as may be required.

The drivers seat Y is attached to or formed upon the upper end of the standard Z, the lower end ot' which is attached to the reach C. A is a disk or hub having a screw-hole in its center to adapt it to be screwed upon the lower end of the shaft It when the cutter T has been detached. To the hub or disk A are attached the inner ends of eight (more or less) spokes, B', the outer ends of Which are attached to the rim U'. To each of the spokes B'is attached a hoe, D, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

The hoe-wheel A B C D is designed to be attached to the shaft R for removing the dirt froin'around stubble, and it may also be used for cultivating the ground.

It will be observed that the small gears are held in position by bearings bolted to an axle having in the middle a hole in line with small gears. rlhe top gear has a key fitting in a groove of knife-shaft, so as to permit the shaft to work up and down at the will of the driver, and thus enable him to regulate the cutting. The bottom gear is an idler, to prevent the shaft, when under strain, from pulling the top gear out of place.

E F G form a pusher that bars ott' the cane to one side, so that it will fall lengthwiseinto the furrow, and so that the butts may be cov ered up and protected from the cold. In the spring the machine, without alteration, is used to shave the stubble, in order that it may sprout sooner.

The barrow or digger is Worked by the same lmechanism, being merely substituted for the rotary cutter.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The two bars D, attached to forward end of reach (l, curved to form cane-guides, and connected by parts E F G, as shown and described.

2. The bar H, attached to reach U at the ends, passing around the wheels A, attached to the ends of axle B, and conjoined with bars D, to form points of attachmentfor the singletrees, as shown and described.

3. The combination of the large bevel-gear wheel P, the two small bevel-gear wheels Q, and the guard-bars S with the inwardly-eX- tended' hub of the wheel A, the axle B, the reach C, and the shaft R, substantially as herein shown and described. y

4. The combination ot' the connecting-bar U, the lever V, the standard W, and the curved and slotted arm X, provided with the bolt and hand-nut x m2, with the sliding rotating shaft R, that carries the cutter T, and with the perch C, substantially asV herein shown and described.

PHILIP SEITZ.

Witnesses:

JAS. H. YOUNG, JOHN H. STANARD. 

